Cloth-burning Ghost. Experts fail stop mysterious phenomenon. New Delhi (by airmail), (Reuter). A small house on the outskirts of New Delhi appears to be haunted by a “cloth burning ghost”. Any piece of cloth inside
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Bagha Purana, Punjab, India (1936)
Ferozepore Village Poltergeist. Inquiries from the public. From our own correspondent, Moga, Oct.24. Several Europeans have written to the Sub-Inspector in charge of the Baghapurana police station inquiring about the report that bricks have been
Continue ReadingNew Delhi, India (1890)
The Gods and the Delhi Police. Delhi, July 8. Mysterious stone-throwing of late at the treasury and lock-up police guards at the Deputy Commissioner’s cutchery has occurred at night. The guards assert that for the
Continue ReadingNainital, Uttarakhand, India (1863)
A Ghost at Nynee Tal. We read in the Hurkaru: – “The Cock Lane Ghost has been rusticating at Nynee Tal, and has moreover had the good taste to fix its temporary residence in the
Continue ReadingBarwani, Madhya Pradesh, India (1907)
A Mysterious Phenomenon. To the Editor of the “Indian-Spectator.” Sir, – A friend of mine and his wife have just experienced a strange phenomenon. My friend is in the Forest Survey, and whilst in camp
Continue ReadingShoolay, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (1877)
An Annoyance. To the Editor of the Bangalore Spectator. Sir, – Will you kindly give insertion to the following in your journal trusting the same will receive the favourable consideration of the authorities to whom
Continue ReadingShimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (1886)
A mysterious haunted house is agitating superstitious souls near Simla. Down in a grove of deodar, sacred to the local deity, there stands a European house built many years ago. Some ten days since one
Continue ReadingPune, India (1929)
Boy with an unruly spirit. His food and toys snatched by “ghost.” London doctors to investigate. The amazing case of Damodar Ketkar, a ten-year-old Indian boy, apparently possessed of an unruly spirit, is shortly to
Continue ReadingDhanbad, Jharkhand, and Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India (1935)
(I’m assuming the first article matches the second) Ghost bombards house. Villagers Explain Spirit’s “Irritation”. Calcutta. There is a widespread dismay in an Indian village in Bengal, where the house of a recently deceased woman
Continue ReadingTamil Nadu, India, and Mauritius (c.1904)
Mysterious Showers of Stones At Arcot and Elsewhere. In referring to the report that a mysterious shower of stones had fallen recently at Arcot, a correspondent writes:- The falling of stones, heated and heavy, at
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